Solar eclipse of March 16, 1942

20th-century partial solar eclipse
72°12′S 76°48′W / 72.2°S 76.8°W / -72.2; -76.8Times (UTC)Greatest eclipse23:37:07ReferencesSaros148 (17 of 75)Catalog # (SE5000)9379

A partial solar eclipse occurred on Monday, March 16, 1942. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.

Related eclipses

Solar eclipses 1939–1942

This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.[1]

Solar eclipse series sets from 1939 to 1942
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Map Saros Map
118 April 19, 1939

Annular 		123 October 12, 1939

Total
128 April 7, 1940

Annular 		133 October 1, 1940

Total
138 March 27, 1941

Annular 		143 September 21, 1941

Total
148 March 16, 1942

Partial 		153 September 10, 1942

Partial
The partial solar eclipse on August 12, 1942 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.

References

  1. ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.

External links

  • Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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